Identity Unknown (1945)

Director
Walter Colmes

Main cast
Richard Arlen; Cheryl Walker; Roger Pryor; Bobby Driscoll; Lola Lane

Genres
Drama

Description
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.


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